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Noreen Crone-Findlay talks about the crafts she loves with her friend, Tottie Tomato. They'll be sharing tutorials, how to's and step by steps for spool knitting, crochet, doll making, small loom weaving, wood working, paper crafts and all manner of other fun crafts. This is a family friendly blog.Sat, 10 Feb 2018 06:04:06 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.com/https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/b328c05d073c57eba2f205e3d685953d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.pngTottie Talks Crafts Bloghttps://tottietalkscrafts.com
How to sew hand wovens together by handhttps://tottietalkscrafts.com/2018/01/15/how-to-sew-hand-wovens-together-by-hand/
https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2018/01/15/how-to-sew-hand-wovens-together-by-hand/#commentsTue, 16 Jan 2018 02:18:22 +0000http://tottietalkscrafts.com/?p=3686Continue reading →]]>I have lost count of all the times that people have asked me how to sew hand woven fabrics together by hand.

This little video shows quick and easy ways of stitching together fabric that you have woven, no matter what loom you use:

]]>https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2018/01/15/how-to-sew-hand-wovens-together-by-hand/feed/2tottietalkscrafts3 panel Triangle loom shawl woven on 3 foot tri loomhttps://tottietalkscrafts.com/2018/01/15/3-panel-triangle-loom-shawl-woven-on-3-foot-tri-loom/
https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2018/01/15/3-panel-triangle-loom-shawl-woven-on-3-foot-tri-loom/#respondTue, 16 Jan 2018 02:13:59 +0000http://tottietalkscrafts.com/?p=3682Continue reading →]]>Recently, I designed a fun shawl, and made a video about how to weave a shawl with a collar using 3 triangles woven on the 3ft triangle loom.

The border is made up of triangles woven on the potholder loom.

Here’s the video: The video is full of hints and tips for triangle loom weaving in ‘outside the box’ ways.

]]>https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2018/01/15/3-panel-triangle-loom-shawl-woven-on-3-foot-tri-loom/feed/0tottietalkscraftsCutting garments into fabric strips to weave and knithttps://tottietalkscrafts.com/2017/12/11/cutting-garments-into-fabric-strips-to-weave-and-knit/
https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2017/12/11/cutting-garments-into-fabric-strips-to-weave-and-knit/#commentsTue, 12 Dec 2017 05:11:49 +0000http://tottietalkscrafts.com/?p=3677Continue reading →]]>The flu knocked me for a loop, and as I have been slowly pulling myself out of it, I haven’t had much energy, so my blog has slipped off the rails.

I did want to mention, however, that I made a video about cutting up garments to upcycle them by weaving or knitting with the fabric strips.

In early October, my son in law’s step-dad passed away.

This was, of course, very hard on our grandson.

I talked with him about what it meant to him to have his ‘other’ grampa (not my husband) pass away.

I asked him if he needed something of his grampa’s to hold onto, and he said yes.

So, I asked for a couple of Bill’s shirts so I could make comfort critters with them.

I cut them up and wove them into kittys, as that was what my grandson asked for, so he has one, and other family members have them too. (I didn’t photograph all of them).

I also knitted a teddy bear for one of our relatives, as he is definitely a teddy bear guy

The bear and kittys have been well received and they do carry the love that went into every stitch of making them.

I’ve done this before, and have found that ‘compassion critters’ made from upcycled clothing of a dear one is very comforting for people in grief.

Every little thing helps….

Here’s the video:

The woven kitties and knitted bear are made from the following patterns:

My book: Peg Looms and Weaving Sticks is available from all your favorite online book sellers, and can be ordered through your local book store. It’s full of weaving yes-ness!

Here’s the video about the Mermaid dolls:

]]>https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2017/11/08/mermaids-woven-on-peg-looms-and-weaving-sticks/feed/2Stick-loom-Mermaid-sized-series-5 (c)tottietalkscraftsTriangle Loom Shawl woven on every other nailhttps://tottietalkscrafts.com/2017/11/06/triangle-loom-shawl-woven-on-every-other-nail/
https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2017/11/06/triangle-loom-shawl-woven-on-every-other-nail/#commentsMon, 06 Nov 2017 17:30:18 +0000http://tottietalkscrafts.com/?p=3654Continue reading →]]>I made a video tutorial showing how to weave on every other nail on the triangle loom when weaving with bulky yarns.

This creates an open lacy weave that drapes beautifully.

The shawl was woven on the 7 foot Dewberry Ridge Triangle loom,using super bulky yarn made by spinning together cotton threads with knitting machine and lace weight yarns.

The every other nail technique also works fine when 2 or 3 strands of medium or fine yarns are held together as if they are a single strand.
This is a very quick and easy way to weave a soft and drapey shawl.

The shawl in the video is a prayer (compassion) shawl made for a dear friend when she lost her Dad.

She loves the shawl, so I am pleased, because of course, I want her to feel that there is love in every stitch and that she can wrap herself in that love whenever she needs it.

Details: I spun a super bulky yarn by combining 7 strands of very fine crochet cotton and knitting machine boucle yarn- cotton and acrylic, on a bulky head spinner. The wpi is 5 wraps per inch. I plied it so it is 14 strands thick.

Here’s the video:

]]>https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2017/11/06/triangle-loom-shawl-woven-on-every-other-nail/feed/2tottietalkscraftsBlue Butterfly Mermaid Tapestry and how to weave tapestry on a triangle loomhttps://tottietalkscrafts.com/2017/11/03/blue-butterfly-mermaid-tapestry-and-how-to-weave-tapestry-on-a-triangle-loom/
https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2017/11/03/blue-butterfly-mermaid-tapestry-and-how-to-weave-tapestry-on-a-triangle-loom/#respondFri, 03 Nov 2017 18:19:46 +0000http://tottietalkscrafts.com/?p=3650Continue reading →]]>When someone on facebook asked if it was possible to weave tapestry on triangle looms, I thought: ‘Great question!’

and then … ‘Of course it is!’

and then….’I have to try it to see if it really is!’

I had been mulling over weaving a new Mermaid tapestry for quite awhile, and had woven narrow bands on my Structo 4 harness loom as well as my rigid heddle box loom, to start.

I had a big ‘aha!’ about weaving the rest of the mermaid using my 14 inch triangle loom from Dewberry Ridge Looms. LINK

Because there are a few things to know about weaving tapestry on a triangle loom, I made a short video as part of the video about the Blue Butterfly Mermaid tapestry – it’s close to the end of the video.

I used other looms to weave the other elements of the tapestry: a hexagon woven in copper wire on the Lily Speed o Weave Loom, narrow bands woven on the 4 harness vintage Structo loom, narrow bands woven on a rigid heddle box loom, 2 small triangles woven on the 7 inch Lil Weaver loom from Dewberry Ridge Looms and some tatting.

This Mermaid has been tapping me on the shoulder for months, asking to be woven, so I made a plan.

I carefully chose my colorways when I was making all the ‘how to’ videos on the hexagon loom, (see previous posts) so that I could use them to build a Mermaid tapestry.

And, here she is: Sophia is her name:

She’s about 44 inches tall.

She includes techniques for weaving tapestry technique, mandala (tapestry woven in the round), Teneriffe and floral motifs on hexagon looms as well as a little help from the Vasilisa and Mollie Whuppie looms.

The glittery narrow band that outlines her body was woven on my little narrow band rigid heddle loom, using Kreinik metallic threads.

This tapestry is a one of a kind piece, and there are no patterns for her.